On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 08:26:28PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > I have just written my first manpage using the mdoc(7) syntax, > and I have two questions. > > (1) .Bd > By default, a display block is _preceded_ by a vertical space. > Why is it that a vertical space is not also rendered _after_ > the display block? >
it is easy to turn off the vertical space before a display (use -compact), but perhaps the logic to have optional vertical space after the display was too convoluted. as long as you have the option, it is not really important. > (2) .Ex > "The ... utility exits 0 on succes, and >0 if an error occurs." > I am not a native speaker, so I might easily be wrong, but > to "exit 0" (or generaly to "exit something") doesn't seem > to be the proper wording for what is meant here, i.e. > "exit with a code of 0" > > Jan > it's fine. jmc
